Improvement in car-axle-box lids



J..E. METH & W. LINDEMANN;

Gar Axle-Box Lid;

No. 200,325. Patented Fem-12, I878.

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ATTORNEYS.

PE ERS. PNOTG-LITHOGRAFNER. WASHINGTON. D, C

UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE.

JOHN E. METH AND WILHELM LINDEMANN, OF GRAND ISLAND, NEBRASKA.

IMPROVEMENT IN CAR-AXLE-BOX LIDS.

Specification forming part of Letters Patent N 0. 200,325, datedFebruary 12, 1878 application filed January 2, 1878.

To all whom it may concern! Be it known that we, JOHN E. METH andWILHELM LINDEMANN, of Grand Island, in the county of Hall and State ofNebraska, have invented a new and Improved Lid for Car- Axle Boxes, ofwhich the following is a specification:

In the accompanying drawing, Figure 1 represents a front view of acar-axle box, partly in section, with our'improved lid; and Fig. 2 is avertical transverse section on line as m, Fig. 1.

Similar letters of reference indicate corre sponding parts.

This invention is intended to furnish an improved cap or lid forcar-axle boxes, by which the greasing of the same may be accomplishedquickly, easily, and at a saving of time and labor.

The inventionconsists of a car-axle box with drop lid or cap hinged atthe upper edge to the inside of the box, and acted upon by a suitablespring, to close tightly the opening of the face-plate.

In the drawing, A represents a car-axle box, made preferably with aninclined face-plate, having an opening, a. This opening of the box isclosed by a swinging and spring-acted drop lid or cap, B, which is hungat the inside of the face-plate, and at the upper corners toscrew-pivots b, that pass through the-sides of the axle-box to theinterior of the same.

A band or other spring, d, that is secured at one end to a suitablepoint of support, bears by its free end upon the inside of the lid, and

presses it tightly against the face-plate, so as to close the opening ofthe same, and prevent not only the escape of oil from the box, but alsothe entrance of dust or sand into the same.

The filling of the car-axle box with oil is readily accomplished bypressing the lid back with the spout of the oil-can inserted at thelower edge of the lid, the lid closing again as soon as the spout iswithdrawn.

The spout may be provided with a guard or protector, so as to be betterable to resist the wear to which it is exposed by the opening of thelids in the oiling of the axle-boxes.

This simple construction of drop-lid does away with the bolting orscrewing on of the lid, and saves time and labor in oiling, and alsomoney for repairs, as the axles can all be kept easily lubricated, andare less exposed to heating.

Having thus described our invention, we claim as new and desire tosecure by Letters Patent 1. The combination, with a car-axle box, of aninterior swinging and spring-acted lid or cap closing the opening of theface-plate, substantially as and for the purpose set forth.

2. The combination, with a car-axle-box, of a swinging and spring-actedlid or cap, hinged at the upper corners to the inside of the box,substantially as and for the purpose set forth.

JOHN EDWARD METH. WILHELM LINDEMANN. Witnesses: Y

W. A. DEUEL, G. H. CALDWELL.

